Climate twins of Pocahontas, IA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Pocahontas's. Each "twin" must be at least 140 miles away to avoid trivial near-neighbor matches. Similarity is computed across all 24 monthly metrics (12 average temperatures + 12 average precipitations), normalized so temperature and precipitation contribute equally.
Side-by-side: Pocahontas vs its climate twin
Top match: Edina, MN
| Month | Pocahontas | Edina | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 25.6°F | 7.5°F | 1.02 in | 23.6°F | 8.8°F | 0.89 in |
| February | 30.1°F | 11.7°F | 1.02 in | 28.5°F | 12.7°F | 0.87 in |
| March | 43.6°F | 24.0°F | 2.04 in | 41.7°F | 24.9°F | 1.68 in |
| April | 58.8°F | 35.5°F | 3.41 in | 56.6°F | 37.5°F | 2.91 in |
| May | 70.9°F | 48.5°F | 4.57 in | 69.2°F | 49.9°F | 3.91 in |
| June | 81.4°F | 59.3°F | 4.67 in | 79.0°F | 60.4°F | 4.58 in |
| July | 84.4°F | 62.3°F | 4.02 in | 83.4°F | 65.3°F | 4.06 in |
| August | 81.8°F | 59.5°F | 4.34 in | 80.7°F | 62.8°F | 4.34 in |
| September | 76.1°F | 50.4°F | 2.60 in | 72.9°F | 54.2°F | 3.02 in |
| October | 62.3°F | 37.5°F | 2.28 in | 58.1°F | 40.9°F | 2.58 in |
| November | 45.0°F | 24.7°F | 1.60 in | 41.9°F | 27.7°F | 1.61 in |
| December | 31.2°F | 13.6°F | 1.22 in | 28.8°F | 15.2°F | 1.17 in |
Cities that consider Pocahontas their climate twin
These US cities have Pocahontas in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Pocahontas would feel familiar.
- Bloomington, MN (ranks Pocahontas #2)
How this is computed
Each city is represented by a 24-dimensional vector: 12 monthly average temperatures and 12 monthly average precipitations. Each dimension is z-score normalized across the population of US cities, so that temperature variance and precipitation variance contribute proportionally. Distance between cities is Euclidean. We filter out cities within 2° latitude/longitude (~140 miles) so that "twins" mean climatically similar but geographically distinct — not just the neighboring town. Full methodology →